Insight into USICS Service Center

[Jason777 0]

I have a contact who works at VSC. I asked them about why the sudden explosion of approvals of K-1 visa's.

1. They were behind on K's and reassigned some people to start knocking them out. Also they were understaffed and just added about 40 positions to get the allocation of people per work load corrected.

2. What typicaly happens at the service centers, is that the Visa's that are the most time senstive and generate the highest revenue get the most attention. So if the H-1b's wich are more time senstive and generate much more revnue get behind, people get pulled off the K's. Then when they get ahead they will catch up on the lower priority Visa's like K's.

This is why you see the big cycle in processing times. It appears VSC is running 90-100 days average right now. as they have hired people and reassigned people to work on k Visa. For all of you waiting on NOA2 I hope the trend keeps up. I know how it feels to have gotten you NOA1 and settle in for the long unknown wait.

Do you know if they mean "reassign" as in they took CSC people who are supposed to be doing the CR1s to do it? I did notice the K1 increase.

Edited October 17, 2011 by Jason777

[Oksana & Max 94]

LOL... You would say something like that .

And mine too. So get in line

[Rufus2012 175]

Oh ok, so when do you think they will switch back to CSC?

If they take the 5 month deadline seriously, they're going to have to switch back within the next 6 weeks or so, because the number of folks pushing up agains that limit is growing, and growing fast.

[Amy_and_Victor 159]

If they take the 5 month deadline seriously, they're going to have to switch back within the next 6 weeks or so, because the number of folks pushing up agains that limit is growing, and growing fast.

I agree, CSC, by Igor's lists, works now about very end of May and very beginning of June. It means that just 2-3 weeks later amount of petitioners with 5+ months of waiting will start to grow up very fast with every day, and USCIS will start to get A LOT of phone calls, letters, complaints to the Senator's offices, etc., about work of CSC from mad petitioners who paid money, patiently waited for a 5 months and still got nothing. I don't know if that's what CSC trying to get... We're waiting for almost 3,5 months since NOA1, and my fiancee Amy told, that if we will not get NOA2 earlier, right after 5 months mark she will start to bother USCIS and Senator's office by phone and letters as much and as often, as she will be able to do it, till they will give us NOA2, and answers like "emmm, wait 20 more days then call again" will not be accepted.

[it's Victor from Russia]

Edited October 17, 2011 by Amy_and_Victor

[Gosia & Tito 199]

I have a contact who works at VSC. I asked them about why the sudden explosion of approvals of K-1 visa's.

1. They were behind on K's and reassigned some people to start knocking them out. Also they were understaffed and just added about 40 positions to get the allocation of people per work load corrected.

2. What typicaly happens at the service centers, is that the Visa's that are the most time senstive and generate the highest revenue get the most attention. So if the H-1b's wich are more time senstive and generate much more revnue get behind, people get pulled off the K's. Then when they get ahead they will catch up on the lower priority Visa's like K's.

This is why you see the big cycle in processing times. It appears VSC is running 90-100 days average right now. as they have hired people and reassigned people to work on k Visa. For all of you waiting on NOA2 I hope the trend keeps up. I know how it feels to have gotten you NOA1 and settle in for the long unknown wait.

Not to be picky and have nothing against foreigners (I was/am one once), but your #2 seems to be saying that foreigners applying on a H1-B are given more priority than a USC??

Is the government so blantantly stating (with those priorities) that money trumps their own citizen population?

Since when money is more important than a future spouse and a person?

I guess the protesters at Wall Street are right after all (because the main beneficiary of H1-Bs are the companies sponsoring those persons)

[Touch of Treble 39]

I have a contact who works at VSC. I asked them about why the sudden explosion of approvals of K-1 visa's.

1. They were behind on K's and reassigned some people to start knocking them out. Also they were understaffed and just added about 40 positions to get the allocation of people per work load corrected.

2. What typicaly happens at the service centers, is that the Visa's that are the most time senstive and generate the highest revenue get the most attention. So if the H-1b's wich are more time senstive and generate much more revnue get behind, people get pulled off the K's. Then when they get ahead they will catch up on the lower priority Visa's like K's.

This is why you see the big cycle in processing times. It appears VSC is running 90-100 days average right now. as they have hired people and reassigned people to work on k Visa. For all of you waiting on NOA2 I hope the trend keeps up. I know how it feels to have gotten you NOA1 and settle in for the long unknown wait.

Thanks for posting this...helps to hear your info

[vancedan 5]

I agree, CSC, by Igor's lists, works now about very end of May and very beginning of June. It means that just 2-3 weeks later amount of petitioners with 5+ months of waiting will start to grow up very fast with every day, and USCIS will start to get A LOT of phone calls, letters, complaints to the Senator's offices, etc., about work of CSC from mad petitioners who paid money, patiently waited for a 5 months and still got nothing. I don't know if that's what CSC trying to get... We're waiting for almost 3,5 months since NOA1, and my fiancee Amy told, that if we will not get NOA2 earlier, right after 5 months mark she will start to bother USCIS and Senator's office by phone and letters as much and as often, as she will be able to do it, till they will give us NOA2, and answers like "emmm, wait 20 more days then call again" will not be accepted.

[it's Victor from Russia]

I remember earlier last year when I had filed, a lot of people were hitting the 6 to 7 months mark, and after about 6 weeks of that, there was a sudden rush in VSC. We came very close to five months ourselves, and to be perfectly honest we had resigned ourselves to a full year of wait. However, just keep hoping and praying that it will speed up soon, as it should. Hoping for the best and absolutely use your representatives when its avaialb.e Also, as others have mentioned, even those who are before or after the K-1 petition stage, write your elected officals. Enough people can make a difference.

[Ron and Rhea 42]

Patiently waiting....I tried the expedite route, that was a waste of time. My moms has a lot of medical conditions and that was one of the reasons to request expedited, however maybe because it was she and not I, that is why I was denied? Oh well, patiently waiting still, lol.

[Tahoma 2,292]

can you ask your contact to move me to the top of the pile then please... thanks

^^^

Lol, the people from CSC are the new 40.

^^^

Oh ok, so when do you think they will switch back to CSC?

not until ive got mine i hope

^^^

Not to be picky and have nothing against foreigners (I was/am one once), but your #2 seems to be saying that foreigners applying on a H1-B are given more priority than a USC??

Is the government so blantantly stating (with those priorities) that money trumps their own citizen population?

Since when money is more important than a future spouse and a person?

I guess the protesters at Wall Street are right after all (because the main beneficiary of H1-Bs are the companies sponsoring those persons)

Haven't you heard? In the U.S., corporations are people too!!!

[Gosia & Tito 199]

Haven't you heard? In the U.S., corporations are people too!!!

Yes they are, until the time for finding responsible parties comes up; and then, is fingerpointing, the economy, the government, the immigrants, the weather.....

[BoxsterOwner 3]

If you look at igor list 2010. The approval goes way up in Nov 2010

[Winning23 25]

Not to be picky and have nothing against foreigners (I was/am one once), but your #2 seems to be saying that foreigners applying on a H1-B are given more priority than a USC??

Is the government so blantantly stating (with those priorities) that money trumps their own citizen population?

Since when money is more important than a future spouse and a person?

I guess the protesters at Wall Street are right after all (because the main beneficiary of H1-Bs are the companies sponsoring those persons)

Sadly, I believe the comment about higher revenue generating cases .. It's not right, but, H1-B are money makers for the govt. and possibly get faster processing. The government is losing money and if that means generating income by putting a class of visa ahead of others, this may happen.

However, I happen to think each and every case is unique and we have dozens if not hundreds of cases on this forum where the K1 total time took less than 7 months, which is quite good in my opinion.